Professor and HHMI Investigator
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. Engle received her B.A. from Middlebury College and her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She then trained as an intern and resident in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, as a fellow in neuropathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and as a resident in adult and child neurology in the Longwood Neurology Training Program and Boston Children’s Hospital. Nearing the end of her neurology residency, Dr. Engle cared for a toddler born with a complex eye movement disorder that segregated in his family as a dominant trait. Interested in the etiology of his rare disorder, she pursued a research fellowship in genetics. As a result, this little boy became the proband for Dr. Engle’s research career, which now spans from patients through genetics to molecular mechanisms to understand human cranial nerve and axon guidance disorders. Her work has defined the human congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders. It has been recognized by high-profile publications, by appointment as an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and by receipt of multiple honors, including the E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics from the Society for Pediatric Research, Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology, the Research Award for Vision from the Alcon Institute, and election to the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Cranial Nerve Development Gone Askew in Humans and Mice
Monday, March 25, 2024
2:30pm – 3:00pm US EDT
